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Few patients receive opioid agonist therapy after opioid overdose, despite benefits: Study medicalxpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medicalxpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the week following any hospital visit for an overdose, only 1 in 18 people with opioid use disorder begin a treatment known to be highly effective in reducing illness and deaths, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Rate of opioid-related deaths in Ontario has tripled in past fifteen years, with most significant increase in young adults St. Michael's Hospital IMAGE: Dr. Tara Gomes is a researcher at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, April…
Since launching in the fall of 2019, the service has analyzed more than 10,000 samples from the unregulated drug supply in the city. Now with the go-ahead to expand provincially, the service aims to extend the service to those hardest hit in rural and northern Ontario.